"A brown-paper covered catalogue ... compiled by Mr. Whistler....
The World, Mar. 23, 1892.
"Several opinions (and his 'evidence at Westminster') are quoted of 'Mr Jones, R.A.,' in the year 1878. Who is Mr. Jones, R.A.? Mr. Jones, R.A. (of whom the Duke of Wellington—but no matter...), died in 1869. Mr Burne-Jones was not elected an A.R.A. until 1885. I am afraid I expose myself, but I still venture to ask, who is 'Mr Jones, R.A.'?"
Atlas,—Your correspondent proposes that "Mr. Jones, R.A." is not R.A.—butA.R.A.
The World, Mar. 30, 1892.
Youknow these things, Atlas—perhaps he is right, and curiously microscopic—for surely here we have "a difference without a distinction!"
However, R.A. or A.R.A., and, in my opinion he deserves to be both, I personally owe Mr. Jones a friendly gratitude which I am pleased to acknowledge; for rare indeed is the courage with which, on the first public occasion, he sacrificed himself, in the face of all-astounded etiquette, and future possible ridicule, in order to help write the history of another.
These things we like to remember, Atlas, you and I—the bright things, the droll things, the charming things of this pleasant life—and here, too, in this lovely land they are understood—and keenly appreciated.
As to those others—alas! I am afraid we have donewith them. It was our amusement to convict—they thought we cared to convince!
Allons!They have served our wicked purpose—Atlas, we "collect" no more.
"Autres gens, autres mœurs."
Paris,March 26, 1892.
Butterfly
FINIS
Action, The,2Admission, An,71Advanced Critic, An,244Advantage of Explanation, The,245Another Poacher in the Chelsea Preserves,233Apology, An,107Apostasy, An,250'Arry in the Grosvenor,72Art Critic of the "Times," The,35Art Critic's Friend, The,277"Aussi que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère?",225Auto-biographical,288"Autre Temps autre Mœurs",189
"Balaam's Ass",41
Committee of the "National Art Exhibition," To the,164Complacent One, The,196"Confidences" with an Editor,47Conviction,88Correction, A,66Critic "Catching on," The,194Critic's Analysis,44Critic's "Copy",50Critic's Mind Considered, The,45Critic-flâneur, The,197
Distinction, A,119Document, A,121
Eager Authority, An,70Early Laurels,176Easy Expert, The,113Editor's Anxiety, An,264Embroidered Interview, An,219Encouragement,74End of the Piece, The,282Etchings and Dry-points,93"Et tu, Brute!",259Exit the Prompter,283Exploded Plot, The,viiExtraordinary Piratical Plot, An,v
Fate of an Anecdote, The,81Final,39Final Acknowledgments,333Freeing a Last Friend,262Full Absolution,46Further Proposition, A,177
Great Literary Curiosity, A,ix
Habit of Second Natures, The,236Hint, A,118Home of Taste, The,230
Imputation, An,188Inconsequences,79Inevitable, The,173In Excelsis,86Ingratitude,195Insinuation, An,187Interview with an Ex-President, An,205
"Jeux Innocents" in Tite Street,110Just Indignation,243
Last Effort, A,xLa Suite,61Later,54L'Envoi,285"Les points sur les i",130Line from the Land's End, A,111
Market Place, In the,239Mr. Whistler and his Critics,91Mr. Whistler "had on his own Toast",289Mr. Whistler's Paper Hunt,viiiMr. Whistler's "Ten o'Clock",131
Naïf Enfant,68New Dynasty, The,218"Noblesse oblige",174Nocturnes, Marines, and Chevalet Pieces,293Nostalgia,184"Nous avons changé tout cela!",169
Official Bumbledom,223Official Letter, An,229Opportunity, An,181Opportunity Neglected, The,183
Painter-Etcher Papers, The,52"Pall Mall" Puzzled, The,221Panic,241Philanthropy and Art,166Played-out Policy, A,199Point Acknowledged, The,43Position, The,37Professor Ruskin's Group,20Prologue,1Proposal, A,51Propositions,76Propositions—No. 2,115
Quand même!,165Question, A,279
Rassurez vous!,265Rebuke, A,129Red Rag, The,126Remonstrance, A,75"Rengaines!",161Retrospect, A,213Royal Society of British Artists and their Signboard,226
Sacrilege,124Seizure of Mr. Whistler's Pirated Writings,viSerious Sarcasm,38Statistics,211Straight Tip, A,69Suggestion, A,235Suspicion, A,87
Taking the Bait,106Talent in a Napkin,193Tenderness in Tite Street,162Testimony,247Troubled One, A,46
Unanswered Letter, An,78Uncovered Opinions,80
Warning, A,67"Whacking Whistler",269What "Mr. Whistler had on his own Toast",291Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics,21Whistler's Grievance,266,273
Zealous Inquirer, A,332